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KEY MESSAGES

Issued at 1155 PM CST Sat Jan 24 2026

- Dangerously cold wind chills as low as -20 degrees is expected Sunday morning and Monday morning.

- Wintry precipitation continues across mainly the southern and eastern Panhandles early this morning. Additional snowfall of an inch or less for the central and northeast corner of the panhandles with 1 to 3 inches for the southeastern panhandles.

- Moderate to major winter impacts related to travel is still expected for the southeastern Texas Panhandle.

SHORT TERM

(Tonight through Monday night) Issued at 1155 PM CST Sat Jan 24 2026

Bottom line: Dangerously cold air remains across the panhandles now through Monday morning. This can quickly lead to hypothermia and frost bite. Snowfall continues this morning with icy conditions remaining across large portions of the panhandles.

The upper portion of the winter system is currently passing across the southern plains this morning. This portion of the system has taken a little more southerly route which in turn has produced less lifting across the panhandles. The lesser amounts of lift have kept the heavier snow bands confined to the southeastern corner of the TX panhandle or even further to the south and east. Still there is some lift over the panhandles that will continue to cause snow now through the mid morning hours. For remaining snow amounts the central panhandles will most likely see a tenth of an inch to and an inch and a half. The heavier hit southeastern portion of the TX panhandle will most likely see an inch and a half to two and half inches of further snow. What snow is occurring will most likely come to an end during the mid morning hours as the upper portion of the system ejects to the east taking the lift and much of the moisture with it. This wont be the last of the snow as this evening another small wave will have a low to moderate chance of causing a brief burst of light snow in the northern panhandles. This round of snow will lead to a small amount of additional accumulations of trace to a few tenths of an inch. All this snow is causing icy road conditions across large portions of the panhandles so caution is highly advised for all travelers.

Come Monday the pattern shift to that of a dry northwesterly flow across the southern plains. This will help to shunt the coldest air to the east leading to warmer temperatures for the afternoon. The prior snowfall will mitigate some of the warming that will take place. So the more snow that you have the longer the cold will stick around over the coming days, especially for the southeastern panhandles. Since the flow is dry sunny skies are expected by Monday afternoon as the last of the moisture leaves the panhandles.

This weather system is keeping very cold air across the panhandles which is leading to dangerously cold temperatures now through Monday morning. The lows this morning and again for Monday morning will be down to the positive to negative single digits. To further compound there will be weakly breezy winds which will lead to wind chills as low as negative 20 for both mornings as well. Such temperatures can rapidly lead to hypothermia or frost bite to anyone that is not properly dressed. Be sure to have adequate shelter and warmth for any person, pet, or animal with these cold temperatures.

LONG TERM

(Tuesday through next Saturday) Issued at 1155 PM CST Sat Jan 24 2026

Tuesday through early Thursday is still shaping up to be a dry period for the southern plains as a broad northwesterly to northerly. This flow will keep the panhandles a little colder than normal but also prevent moisture from reaching us as well.

Come later Thursday through Friday there is building confidence for a small scale weather system to move across the southern plains. The most likely impact from this system is it pushing even colder air back across the panhandles leading to a dip in the temperatures. What is still uncertain is how much, if any, moisture this system will have. Right now it will most likely have only a small amount of moisture leading to a very low chance for precipitation.

AVIATION

(12Z TAFS) Issued at 451 AM CST Sun Jan 25 2026

VFR conditions are currently present across the Panhandles. There will be a chance for light snow later this afternoon and into the early evening in Guymon and Dalhart which could bring about some reduced visibility at times. Otherwise, MVFR to IFR ceilings are favored to return late tonight for Guymon and Dalhart.

AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

TX...Cold Weather Advisory until noon CST today for TXZ001>003-006- 007-011.

Cold Weather Advisory from 9 PM this evening to noon CST Monday for TXZ001>011-016.

Extreme Cold Warning until noon CST today for TXZ004-005-008>010- 012>020-317.

Extreme Cold Warning from 9 PM this evening to noon CST Monday for TXZ012>015-017>020-317.

Winter Storm Warning until noon CST today for TXZ014-015-019-020.

OK...Cold Weather Advisory until noon CST today for OKZ001-002.

Cold Weather Advisory from 9 PM this evening to noon CST Monday for OKZ001>003.

Extreme Cold Warning until noon CST today for OKZ003.